What problem does it solve?
Building AI applications like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) tools or semantic search systems often requires a vector database that is easy to deploy, doesn't lock you into costly managed cloud services, and supports storing embeddings with associated metadata for filtered search. Chroma eliminates this friction for local development and open-source projects.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Local & Self-Hosted: Run entirely on your own infrastructure with no cloud dependencies, ideal for sensitive data and open-source projects.
- Metadata-Aware Search: Combine vector similarity search with exact and range metadata filters to narrow results to only the most relevant documents.
- Framework Integration: Works natively with popular LLM frameworks like LangChain and LlamaIndex, and supports custom embedding functions for specialized use cases.
- Use Case: If you are building an internal knowledge base chatbot for your team, use Chroma to store your company's documentation as embeddings and retrieve the most relevant answers to employee questions.
Quick Start
Use the chroma skill to index your team's internal documentation and retrieve the most relevant sections for a given user question.